The role of reference prices in experimental auctions

Economics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 446-448

  Drichoutis, Andreas C ^a   Lazaridis, Panagiotis ^a   Nayga Jr , Rodolfo M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental auctions; Reference price; Vickrey auction; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849085180     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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